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Arrival at Horncastle -- The Inn and Ostlers -- The Garret -- Figure of a Man with a Candle.
Leaving the house of the old man who knew Chinese, but could not tell what was o'clock, I wended my way to Horncastle, which I reached in the evening of the same day, without having met any adventure on the way worthy of being marked down in this very remarkable history.